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Variation in response rates to isolated limb perfusion in different soft-tissue tumour subtypes: an international multi-centre study

20-jun-2023 | Revista: European Journal of Cancer

Sophie J M Reijers  1 , Emma Davies  2 , Dirk J Grünhagen  3 , Marco Fiore  4 , Charles Honore  5 , Marco Rastrelli  6 , Nikolaos Vassos  7 , Lars E Podleska  8 , Maya Niethard  9 , Jens Jakob  10 , Andraz Perhavec  11 , Carlos Duarte  12 , Felipe González  13 , Jan P Deroose  14 , Marguerite Stas  15 , Veerle Boecxstaens  16 , Yvonne Schrage  17 , Hayden Snow  18 , Salvador Martín Algarra  19 , Hector Martinez Said  20 , Dorian Yarih Garcia Ortega  21 , Karla Martin  22 , Jan Mattsson  23 , Reza Djafarrian  24 , Giorgia Di Lorenzo  25 , Chiara Colombo  26 , Alessandro Gronchi  27 , Maurice Matter  28 , Cornelis Verhoef  29 , Roger Olofsson Bagge  30 , Peter Hohenberger  31 , Andrew J Hayes  32 , Winan J van Houdt  33


Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the response rates of different extremity soft-tissue sarcoma subtypes (eSTS) after isolated limb perfusion (ILP), based on an international multi-centre study.

Materials and methods: The retrospective cohort comprised eSTS patients from 17 specialised ILP centres that underwent melphalan-based ILP, with or without recombinant human tumour necrosis factor (rhTNFα) (TM-ILP and M-ILP, respectively). Response was measured on imaging (magnetic resonance imaging) and/or clinical response, for which M-ILPs were excluded.

Results: A total of 1109 eSTS patients were included. The three most common histological subtypes were undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma (17%, n = 184), synovial sarcoma (16%, n = 175) and myxofibrosarcoma (8%, n = 87). rhTNFα was used in 93% (TM-ILP) and resulted in a significantly better overall response rate (ORR, p = 0.031) and complete responses (CR, p < 0.001) in comparison to M-ILP, without significant differences among histological subgroups. The ORR of TM-ILP was 68%, including 17% CR. Also, 80% showed progressive disease. Significantly higher response rates were shown for Kaposi sarcoma (KS) with 42% CR and 96% ORR (both p < 0.001), and significantly higher CR rates for angiosarcoma (AS, 45%, p < 0.001) and clear cell sarcoma (CCS, 31%, p = 0.049). ILP was followed by resection ≤ 6 months in 80% of the patients. The overall limb salvage rate was 88%, without significant differences among histological subgroups, but was significantly higher for ILP responders compared to non-responders (93% versus 76%, p < 0.001).

Conclusion: ILP resulted in high response and LRS among all eSTS subtypes, however, with significant differences between subtypes with most promising results for KS, AS and CCS.

CITA DEL ARTÍCULO  Eur J Cancer. 2023 Jun 20;190:112949. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.112949